News from my favorite podcast.  They’re moving up in the world!
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Guests,

You may know Rico and I work on this show called Marketplace that’s a wee bit more popular than the Dinner Party Download (it has about four million more listeners than we do).  It’s hosted by former DPD intern Kai Ryssdal.  Anyway, a few weeks back Marketplace asked us if we’d share some of our show on their show. We pretended to think about it and then said, “YES!”

So starting tonight, the Small Talk segment of the DPD is going to appear on Marketplace.

Of course this presents an existential dilemma: if five million people hear our under-the-radar news stories, are they still under-the-radar?

To which we reply: “Are you gonna finish eating that?”

This is way exciting. Please listen, and if you’re so inclined, leave a comment beneath the “Small Talk” segment when it’s posted later today at http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.marketplace.org.

You can find out when Marketplace airs in your town here: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://marketplace.publicradio.org%2Fabout%2Fstations%2Fmarketplace_pm.html

And of course, a brand-new episode of the DPD is coming later today. This week Rico chats up Girls (buzz band from SF), Marlon Brando gets an Oscar he can refuse, and Brendan’s is forced to rethink his jihad against cupcakes (Hint: it involves meatloaf)

Thanks,
BFN

TITLE : The Official Podcast of Creative Screenwriting Magazine

SUPPORT : Creative Screenwriting Magazine

WEB : creativescreenwriting.com

LENGTH : 1-1.5 hours

STYLE : live interview

CONCEPT

If there was a formula for the show, it would almost always start off with Jeff Goldsmith in the intro making an apology for something he did live and couldn’t edit, some equipment failure, or something else.  Next comes the interview process, and there’s nothing new about that.  The Creative Screenwriting Magazine podcast is just what you would expect: a live, uncut interview recorded in front of an audience.  There’s nothing really bad about the concept or really great, it just “is what it is” which makes it so-so.

CONTENT 

The guests are very informative and each person or team’s career illuminates a lot in terms of movie making.  Personally, I’m addicted to hearing people talk about their craft in general, but screenwriters in particular have great minds for live interview, it seems.  They never cease to fascinate me.  They are very thorough storytellers and rarely shirk the question or give half-full responses.

WEBSITE

Awful!  Not coded right, so every page looks different.  Information is very difficult to find.

~13:40 minutes in, Vicki Bennett plays a mash-up of the Ronettes singing “Be My Baby” over the Beach Boys’ “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”  It’s breathtaking.

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TITLE : IndieFeed

SUPPORT : independent

WEB : indiefeed.com

LENGTH : 5 minutes

STYLE : produced

CONCEPT

Highlighting new, noteworthy indie bands by playing rights-cleared music clips.  Includes brief artist bios and upcoming projects.

CONTENT 

I’ve never heard anything that moved me to buy an album, or got me really interested in a new band, but I’ll call that a personal taste issue.  Still, I like being able to listen to a few new tunes each week, and it takes the legwork out of getting new music recommendations from friends or other internet sources.